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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lined Gecko 
SynonymGekko Vittatus HOUTTUYN 1782: 325
Lacerta ypsilon LINCK 1783
Lacerta vittata — GMELIN 1789
Lacerta zeulonica NAU 1791
Lacerta unistriata SHAW 1792
Gekko vittatus — MEYER 1795: 26
Stellio bifurcifer SCHNEIDER 1797: 22
Gecko vittatus — BRONGNIART 1798
Platydactylus vittatus — FITZINGER 1826
Lomatodactylus vittatus — VAN DER HOEVEN 1833
Platydactylus vittatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 331
Platydactylus bivittatus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 334
Platydactylus (Scelotretus) bivittatus — FITZINGER 1843
Platydactylus (Scelotretus) vittatus — FITZINGER 1843
Gecko bivittatus — GRAY 1845
Gecko trachylaemus PETERS 1873: 774
Gecko vittatus — BOULENGER 1885: 185
Gecko vittatus var. bivittatus — BOULENGER 1885
Gecko vittatus — DE ROOIJ 1915: 52
Gecko vittatus bivittatus — DRYDEN & TAYLOR 1969
Gekko villatus (sic) WHITAKER et al. 1982
Gecko trachyloemus (sic) COGGER et al. 1983
Gekko vittatus — BAUER et al. 1995: 55
Gekko vittatus — RÖSLER 2000: 82
Gekko (Sundagekko) vittatus — WOOD et al. 2019
Gekko (Lomatodactylus) vittatus — WOOD et al. 2020 
DistributionIndonesia (Java, Halmahera, Morotai), Papua New Guinea, Oceania,
Belau, Admirality Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Rennell, Bellona, Vanuatu?, Santa Cruz Islands Toga, Loh, Tegua, Hiu

Type locality: “Zekerlyk uit de Indië” (see comment)
Type locality: “Nordaustralien” [Gecko trachylaemus PETERS 1873]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost (fide Glenn Shea, pers. comm., Feb 2019).
Holotype: ZMB 7511 [Gecko trachylaemus PETERS 1873] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (803 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: Records from Fiji are in error. Manthey & Grossmann (1997) doubt the occurrence of G. vittatus on Java. The original type locality (“Zekerlyk uit de Indië”) means “certainly from India” and is thus in error. Not in Timor (pers. comm., M. O’Shea 12. Nov. 2013).

Synonymy: after WERMUTH 1965 and RÖSLER et al. 2012.

Type species: Gekko vittatus Houttuyn, 1782, is the type species of the subgenus Sundagekko Wood et al. 2019 and its replacement name Lomatodactylus Wood et al. 2020. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “vittatus” for ribbon, or decorated by a ribbon, referring to the dorsal stripe in the species.

The genus name Sundagekko is a masculine noun, derived from the English noun formed from the combination of the term “Sunda” and “gekko,” collectively referring to the continental extension of Indochina referred to as Sundaland, which is composed of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali and other small Island archipelagos in the Western Philippine Sea. 
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